In light of the deaths Saturday and other incidents involving drugs taking place at the hotel in recent months, Yannone said they are going to do “everything we can possibly do to prevent tragedies like this from happening again.”

BROCKTON – Monday afternoon there was a Narcotics Anonymous meeting taking place inside a function room at the Elmcourt Hotel in Brockton.

Hotel owner Chip Yannone said the hotel has been hosting the meetings for about a month now.

Two floors up, a man and woman were both found dead in a room they rented Saturday from suspected heroin overdoses. Yannone said they rented the room for one night and they were not known by hotel employees.

In light of the deaths Saturday and other incidents involving drugs taking place at the hotel in recent months, Yannone said they are going to do “everything we can possibly do to prevent tragedies like this from happening again.”

“My deepest sympathies go out to the family and friends of the two victims,” he said.

Yannone said he is planning to meet with Brockton Police Chief Robert Hayden this week to discuss measures they may be able to take.

“We’re going to talk about his hotel and whether or not some of the problems down there can be improved upon and just generally get together and talk,” Hayden said.

“We have to change and adapt the way that we do things,” Yannone said.

Some of the changes have already taken place.

For guests who are going to be staying at the hotel at 33 West Elm St. for an extended period of time, Yannone said, they have to go through an income verification check “to see that they are getting their money from appropriate places.”

He said the hotel started the new policy about three months ago.

In addition, they are going to begin hiring a police detail to stand guard in the lobby. He said they are going to “mix up” the times when the officer will be in the hotel.

In 42 years of being in business the hotel has never had a violation of any kind and the staff will continue to cooperate with police, he said.